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Recovering From Reality

with Alexis Haines

Hosted by mental health advocate and former reality television star Alexis Haines, Recovering from Reality illuminates the messy and magical path of coming home to yourself. Whether you’re on the road to recovery, seeking self-care techniques for surviving the capitalist machine, or just need a moment to remember that you’re not alone in your loneliness, we’re serving up the ultimate truth: your trauma doesn’t define you - your decision to deal with it does.

Razor sharp, modern, and culturally resonant, Alexis delivers intimate conversations and expert insights to empower you on the road to authentic wellness. Are you ready to recover from reality?


Episodes

  • Dear Media
  • Ep. 153 Reflections + Gratitude for Recovering From Reality
  • Ep. 152 AMA with Serena F*cking Kerrigan on Dating App Prompts, Perfecting Banter, and Making Yourself Unavailable
  • Ep. 151 Bekah Martinez on Becoming Pro-Choice, Politics + Parenting, and Performative Activism
  • Ep. 150 My Last Solo Episode
  • PRIDE HIGHLIGHT: Ep. 62 Becoming the Messenger That You’ve Been Waiting For with Ashlee Marie Preston
  • Ep. 149 Embracing Parenting and Postpartum as a Season of Change with Brandi Jordan
  • Ep. 148 Caroline Stanbury on Being a Single & Working Mother, Reality TV Misconceptions, and Navigating a Public Divorce 
  • Ep. 147 Happy Fucking Pride with Jeff Epstein
  • Ep. 146 Navigating Divorce and Co-Parenting with Attorney Nicole Sodoma
  • Ep. 145 Planned Parenthood’s Dr. Meera Shah on the Rode v. Wade Reversal, Reproductive Rights, and Action Steps to Take
  • Ep. 144 Parenting a Special Needs Child While in Recovery with Ashley Montano
  • Ep. 143 Unpacking Aging, Femininity, and Movement with Dr. Amanda Hanson
  • Ep. 142 Q+A: Your May Reading, My New Relationship, and Working Through Abandonment 
  • Ep. 141 Empowering ourselves with knowledge about our reproductive health with Dr.Ghadir 
  • Ep. 140 Rachel Slawson on being the first openly LGBTQ Miss USA
  • Ep. 139 Understanding our different parts using Internal Family Systems with my mom, Andrea Arlington
  • Ep. 138 An Update on My Marriage
  • Ep. 137 Turning our adversities into our advantages with Doug Bopst
  • Ep. 136 Using manifestation for the greater good with Gabby Bernstein
  • Ep. 135 March Q&A
  • Ep. 134 What's blocking you from love? with Liz Marz
  • Ep. 133 Your Worst Date Stories feat. Ali Kolbert
  • Ep. 132 Sofia Franklyn on Public Scandals, Attachment Issues, Healing, and Manifestations
  • Ep. 131 Manifesting Your Perfect Partner, Dating Conversation Starters, Navigating Ghosting
  • Ep. 130 Deconstructing Polyamory, Jealousy, and Cheating with Morgan, Creator of Chillpolyamory
  • Ep. 129 Creating Authentic Friendships in Adulthood with Danielle Bayard Jackson
  • Ep. 128 Supporting Addicts with Connection Not Control with Tarah Dowling
  • Ep. 127 Johann Hari on Reclaiming Your Stolen Focus
  • Ep. 126 Doja Cat, the Devine Feminine, and Radical Acceptance
  • Ep. 125 Spiritual Trauma, Being Addicted to Emotions, and Innate Worthiness with Scout Sobel
  • Ep. 124 Lala Kent on Insecurities, California Sober, and Mocktails
  • Ep. 123 To My Younger Self—
  • Ep. 122 Shifting the Recovery Narrative with Evan Haines
  • Ep. 121 Asexuality, Kinks, and Sensuality with Ev’Yan Whitney
  • Ep. 120 Pecan Pie, Panties, and Parenting with my Mom, Andrea Arlington
  • Ep. 119 Normalizing Suicidal Ideation with Tara Bixby
  • Ep. 118 Q+A: Supporting Someone Who is Suicidal & Natural Depression Remedies
  • Ep. 117 Meet My Girlfriend Kris
  • Ep. 116 Exploring and Understanding Sexual Desires with Angelika Alana
  • Ep. 115 Our Open Marriage with Evan Haines
  • Ep. 114 Welcome Home
  • Ep. 113 Bye for now...
  • Ep. 112 Unpacking Britney with Evan Haines
  • Ep. 111 Your Quality of Life Matters with Dr. Will Cole
  • Ep. 110 Ego States and Setting Boundaries in Family Systems with Andrea Arlington
  • Ep. 109 Q+A: Why I Got Vaccinated, Processing Emotional Eating, Adoption Updates, and more!
  • Ep. 108 Politics and Spirituality Are Not Mutually Exclusive with Marianne Williamson
  • Ep. 107 Using Food as Empowerment with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz
  • Ep. 106 Behind the Backstreet Boy with AJ McLean
  • Ep. 105 Q+A The Social Causes of Addiction and Mental Health with Bob Forrest and Evan Haines
  • Ep. 104 Self-Accountability and Sobriety with Kat Von D
  • Ep. 103 Our Brains Aren’t Broken, Our Society Is with Johann Hari
  • Ep. 102 Teenage Depression and Behavior Modification Programs with Sadie Sutton
  • Ep. 101 Q+A: Holiday Traditions, Real Housewives, Postpartum Anxiety, and more!
  • Ep. 100 Improving Your Intuition with Laura Day
  • Ep. 99 Surviving Breast Cancer with Selin Esendagli
  • Ep. 98 The Agricultural Crisis with Ryland Engelhart
  • Ep. 97 Dating and Sobriety with Lindsey Metselaar
  • Ep. 96 Q+A: Self-sabotage, Crystal Recommendations, Spirituality Advice, Recovery and Careers, and Emotional Awareness
  • Ep. 95 My Sister’s Birth Story
  • Ep. 94 Healing Your Body with Vanessa Fitzgerald
  • Ep. 93 Playing the Internet like a Church Organ with Caroline Calloway
  • Ep. 92 Creating a New Way of Life with Susan Burton
  • Ep. 91 Q&A with Arielle Lorre
  • Ep. 90 Sexuality and Empowerment with Zara Barrie
  • Ep. 89 Perception vs Reality with Kara Lowentheil
  • Ep. 88 Exploring Gender Creative Parenting with Kyl Myers
  • Ep. 87 Girl Insta-rupted with Syd Wilder
  • Ep. 86 You Are Worthy of Healing with Ruthie Lindsey
  • Ep. 85 Getting Chatty about Birth and Motherhood with Jess and Bekah from The Chatty Broads Pod
  • Ep. 84 Baited with The One And Only Ziwe
  • Ep. 83 Q+A with Alexis
  • Ep. 82 Exploring Different Paths To Sobriety with Jess and Kate from Seltzer Squad
  • Ep. 81 Radically Shifting the Narrative with Shaman Durek
  • Ep. 80 Restorative justice: the sacred act of confronting your rapist outside of the legal system with Marlee Liss.
  • Ep. 79 Gay Junkie Pop Culture Icons with Jeff Epstein
  • Ep. 78 Being Hot And Woke Aren't Mutually Exclusive
  • Ep. 77 Having A Money Mentality Makeover
  • Ep. 76 Processing our feelings surrounding racism, therapy, and reality TV with The Bachelor’s Taylor Nolan
  • Ep. 75 Giving Birth in Prison with Jessica Kent
  • Ep. 74 How I Manifested Pretty Wild and What Went Wrong
  • Ep. 73 Surviving on connections with Dr. Carder Stout
  • Ep. 72 Navigating Our Grief with Therapist Claire Bidwell Smith
  • Ep. 71 Creating Space For Black Women In The Work Place with Laurise McMillian
  • Ep. 70 And She Rose with Rising Woman's Sheleana Aiyana
  • Ep. 69 Being an ally in your own transformation with Alyson Stoner
  • Ep. 68 Learning to become our own Guru’s with the girls from Thats So Retrograde
  • Ep. 67 How stress effects our brains with holistic psychologist Dr. Meredith Sagan
  • Ep. 66 When Emotional Pain Turns Into Physical Pain
  • Ep. 65 Q&A With Evan Haines and myself
  • Ep. 64 Everything Iconic with Danny Pellegrino
  • Ep. 63 From the hearts of highly sensitive people with my husband, Evan Haines
  • Ep. 62 Becoming the Messenger That You've Been Waiting For with Ashlee Marie Preston
  • Ep. 61 Lifting Each Other up with Khalil Rafati
  • Ep. 60 Getting Down to the Basics with Tara Schuster
  • Ep. 59 Taking Charge of Our Own Healing with Luke Storey
  • Ep. 58 The real life of a Youtube star with Tana Mongeau
  • Ep. 57 Navigating the body positivity space with Katie Willcox
  • Ep. 56 Impeachment, she wrote
  • Ep. 55 Bad advice with Dr. Venus Nicolino
  • Ep. 54 From “Recovering” to “Living” with Zahara Zimring
  • Ep. 53 Make Sure Your Friends Are Okay with Hunter Moreno
  • Ep. 52 Call in show with yours truly
  • Ep. 51 New year, same us!
  • Ep. 50 Turning Your Karma Into Your Dharma w/ Angelika Alana
  • Ep. 49 Life after OJ with Kim Goldman
  • Ep. 48 Drugs Aren’t the Answer, Honey!
  • Ep. 47 Turning your mess into your message with Cathy Heller
  • Ep. 46 Healing From Sex Addiction with Staci Sprout
  • Ep. 45 Call-in Show with My Mom Andrea Arlington
  • Ep. 44 The Age of Anxiety
  • Recovering From Reality - Trailer
  • Ep. 43 From Meme to Marvelous With Rebecca Black
  • Ep. 42 73 Questions
  • Ep. 41 Turning Pain into Comedy with Ali Weiss
  • Ep. 40 Unshakable Faith with Dr. James Mellon
  • Ep. 39 Becoming the Head of the Pack w/ Zach Skow from the Pawsitive Change Program
  • Ep. 38 Getting Inappropriate W/ Heather Mcdonald
  • Ep. 37 Let's Talk About Sex w/ Jamie Elizabeth the Holistic Sex Coach
  • Ep. 36 Exploring cannabinoids and the effects of micro-dosing w/ Joseph Sheehey and Lo Bondi
  • Ep. 35 Not All Heroes Wear Capes w/ Bree Olson
  • Ep. 34 Repairing Your Marriage w/ Adam and Danielle from Marriage and Martinis
  • Ep. 33 Call-In Show W/ Sarah Nicole Landry (The Birds Papaya)
  • Ep. 32 Being In a VICE Documentary Changed My Life w/ Kevin
  • Ep. 31 Overcoming Depression Without Drugs
  • Ep.30 Call-In Show With Dr. Judy Ho
  • Ep. 29 Psychic Vibes With Heather Auble
  • Ep. 28 The Dark Side of Teen Behavioral Modification Programs with Sydney Montana
  • Ep. 27 Bridging the Cultural Divide
  • Ep. 26 Call In Show With Bob Forrest
  • Ep. 25 Wake Up B*itch It’s 2019 w/ Laganja Estranja
  • Ep. 24 Nancy Jo, Your Bias is Showing
  • Ep. 23 The Journey to Motherhood Matters w/ Ali Levine
  • Ep. 22 Literally Pretty Wild w/ Dan Levy
  • Ep. 21 Heavily Influenced w/ Josi Pellicano
  • Ep. 20 The Drama Stops With Me - Recovering From Reality
  • Ep. 19 And So It Is w/ Andrea Arlington - Recovering From Reality
  • Ep. 18 Reasons To Stay Vigilant w/ Molly Jong-Fast - Recovering From Reality
  • Ep. 17 Honey, You Gotta Do The Work - Q+A w/ Alexis - Recovering From Reality
  • Ep. 16 The Intersections of Feminism w/ Lauren Sundstrom - Recovering From Reality
  • Ep. 15 Let Food Be Thy Medicine and Medicine Be Thy Food with Vanessa Fitzgerald - Recovering From Reality
  • Ep. 14 Celebrating Body Diversity with Sarah Landry (The Birds Papaya) - Recovering From Reality
  • Ep. 13 Birth, Babies and Circumcision with Robyn Pool from PUSH Midwifery - Recovering From Reality
  • Ep. 12 You Do You, I'm Gonna Do Me w/ Lauryn Evarts Bosstick - Recovering From Reality
  • Ep. 11 Sober Kindred Souls w/ Arielle Lorre - Recovering From Reality
  • Ep. 10 Living Anonymously with Dave from Dopey - Recovering From Reality
  • Ep. 8 We Met in AA - Recovering From Reality
  • Ep. 7 Would You Rather - Recovering From Reality
  • Ep. 6 Sorry, Kristin Cavallari - Recovering From Reality
  • Ep. 5 My Shrink Knows About You - Recovering From Reality
  • Ep. 4 I Love You, Mom - Recovering From Reality
  • Ep. 3 Variations of Normal - Recovering From Reality
  • Ep. 2 The Reunion - Recovering From Reality
  • Ep. 1 A Special Kind of Hell - Recovering from Reality
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